OCT imaging up to 760 kHz axial scan rate using single-mode 1310nm MEMS-tunable VCSELs with >100nm tuning range

2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics: Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Jayaraman, V ^a   Jiang, J ^b   Li, H ^b   Heim, P J S ^b   Cole, G D ^b   Potsaid, B ^c   Fujimoto, J G ^c   Cable, A ^b  

^a Praevium Research Inc   (United States)

^b Thorlabs ^*  (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCT IMAGING; SCAN RATES; SINGLE MODE; SWEPT SOURCE OCT; TUNING RANGES; ULTRA HIGH SPEED; WIDELY TUNABLE;

OPTICS; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS; TUNING;

MOEMS;

EID: 80052123457     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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